Radiator-shield



C. W. G. SODEMANN.

RADMTOB SHEELD.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE 2. new

; 1,343,414. Patented June 15, 1920.

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INVENTOR G. M6. joomann ATTORNEY UNITED STATES'PATENT orncs.

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Be it known that I Cnms'rnm W..G. SODEMANN, a citizen 0 the UnitedyStates, residing at the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Radiator Shie lds, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompaiii ing drawing.

invention relates to improvements in radiator shields, and has for its object to provide a dust deflecting and dust collecting shield for steam and ot water radiators, said shield having means for adjustment and detachable fastening with re ation to the radiator, the shield havin side brackets adapted to support a top-s ab for ornamental and heatin purposes, and the brackets having guide-e ements to aid in shapm the main body of the shield to the desire conformation.

In the drawings-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shield embodying my invention in place upon a radiator, the shield being provided with a top; slab. y

i 2 is a similar view of the same, the slab being removed.

Fig. 3 is a vertical elevation of one of the brackets employed in said shield.

Fig. 4 is a fragmental front elevation of one end of the shield.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail of the centering clamp employed in mounting said shield, the adjacent bracket bein shown in section as on the line 5-5 c Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the edge of the mounting in the bracket 10 taken on the line 6--6 of Fig. 3.

' As shown in the drawings the radiator 6 is of usual construction, and the shield consists of a main body section comprising the vertical back 7, the top projecting lip 9. Side-brackets 10-10 have an'inwardly projecting rib 11 in the form of an inverted L, and similarly projecting lugs 12, the sheet of metal forming the body section being formed and mounted in place between the rib 11 and lugs 12 as shown in Fi s. 3 and 6.

, Beneath t e lip 9 and contacting therewith is the dust-collectin trough 13 extending across the front 0 the shield, from bracket 10 to bracket 10, and open at its back as shown in Fig. 3. The trough 13 is hingedly mounted on the pintle 14, and has 7 MDIAflOR-BHIEER- Specification of Letters i atent.

jecting foot 26 8 and the forwardly G. SODEMARN, 0! 8'1. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

" Patented June 15,1920.

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arearwardly projecting prong 15 which contacts with the outerlend of theflat s rin 16 to. keep the. trough 13 in normally dlose pesltion. .Aafi gerrea ch 17 is depresse to open the ma ma and remove the accumulated dust. r

Each bracket 10 has an u wardly proectin tooth 18 to engage wit an indentation not shown) on the lower face of the slab 19 when it is desired to provide the shield with such a slab.

Each bracket 10' has an inwardly fproadapted to rest on top 0 the radiator (see Fig. 3) and a guide-rib 21, whose lower end is flared as shown at 22 to guide the shield into the edge of the clamp-bar 23 (see Fi 5).

Said clamp-bar 23 has a series of in entations 24 on its'inner face, at each side of its central screw-seat 25, which indentations 24 engage with the rear edges of two of the radiator coils 26-26, and the bar 23 is held in place a means of locking-g ate 27 and screw 28 as shown in Fig. 5. he clamping means thus described can be fitted to various sizes of radiator, and serves to support the vertical back wall 7 of the shield at a proper distance from the radiator 6 and in almement therewith.

The described mounting renders the shield readily removable from the radiator fOIkKIUI'POSBS of cleaning and the like.

en the slab 19 is not to be employed, the tooth 18 and rear corner 29 are removed from each of the brackets 10, leavin the structure shown in Fi 2.

The screw-seat 25 divides t e clamp-bar 23 into two arms of unequal length (see Fig. 5), so that by reversing said bar 23 the bracket 10 may be held at a greater or less distance from the end of the radiator 6. The sheet of metal forming the back 7 is stretched over the \projection 30, and (see Fig. 5) forced bac wardly from the coils 26, to prevent overheatin of said back 7. By means of its describe construction the clamp of my invention is desi ned to mount shields of various sizes upon t e same radiator, or shields of the same size upon various lengths of radiators; a rovision made valuable because of the lac of standardization in the various makes of radiators.

When the structure of my invention is mounted in place, s shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it is balanced wi h reference to the radiproper contact with ator 6, and pro erly spaced a art therefrom by means 0 the feet 20 an the clampbars 23; so that there is a channel between the back 7 and the top8, and the radiator 6 as indicated in Fig. 3 to guide the dust particles in the ascending heated air 11 wardly and forwardly to be caught in t e trough 13.

Having thus described my invention, wha I claim as new and desire to have secure to me by the grant of Letters Patent, is-

In a. radiator shield, the combination of two side-brackets; a main bod section mounted between said brackets an forming a vertical wall a top .and a forwardly projecting 1i a dust-collecting trough mounted beneat and contacting with said lip; a clamp arranged to be detachably mounted between two coils of a radiator and to ensage and hold one of said brackets at a preetermined distance from the radiator; and an inwardly projecting foot carried by each of said brackets and arranged to rest on top of the radiator.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my 26 signature.

CHRISTIAN G. SODEMANN. 

